10500 Providing Services

 

Assessments for protection needs are ongoing throughout the life of the case.  The APS Specialist shall discuss with the Involved Adult and others, as appropriate, what services, if any, should be offered. The APS Specialist will make referrals for services and document in KIPS notes section.

The APS Specialist shall obtain a release of information (PPS 10210) from the Involved Adult or the legally responsible party for referral to community services.

When an Involved Adult is in need of protective services and the APS Specialist has reason to believe the Involved Adult lacks the capacity to consent, the APS Specialist shall assess whether a petition for appointment of a guardian/conservator shall be filed on behalf of the Involved Adult. If appropriate, the APS Specialist shall begin the process to secure a guardian/conservator (See PPM Section 10600 Guardian/Conservator).

 

  1. Continuum of Interventions 

Assessment shall determine appropriate service delivery.  The APS Specialist shall consider least restrictive options first. If it is unclear what level of assistance the Involved Adult may need, the APS Specialist may complete the PPS 10610, Decision Making and Functional Assessment: Criteria for Legal Impairment: A Multi-Disciplinary Tool.

The following is a continuum of interventions in order of least restrictive, informal support to most restrictive, full guardianship:

 

  1. Informal community intervention including family, friends, financial assistance such as bill paying, etc. from banks or other; 
  2. Formal community intervention including but not limited to Home and Community Based Services, Home Health Care or information on having a power of attorney if the Involved Adult has capacity and there is an appropriate option for health care/financial decisions; 
  3. Social Security Payee; 
  4. Activated Durable Power of Attorney (DPOA)
  5. Voluntary conservatorship; 
  6. Temporary Guardianship and/or Temporary Conservatorship; 
  7. Full Guardianship and/or Conservatorship with a plan; 
  8. Full Guardianship and/or Conservatorship; 
  9. Full Guardianship and Conservatorship with placement in a treatment facility or nursing facility. 

  1. Provision of Necessary Protective Services

When needs are identified, services are accepted by the Involved Adult, and the services cannot be completed prior to the end of the thirty (30) or sixty (60) working day investigation period, the APS Specialist shall:

 

  1. Staff with Supervisor and document in KIPS notes section, the initiation of service planning; 
  2. Develop a service plan with the Involved Adult by the end of the thirty (30) or sixty (60) working day investigation period using the APS Service Plan, PPS 10500. If services can be completed during the thirty (30) or sixty (60) working day investigation period, a PPS 10500 is not required.

      1. The Involved Adult may identify family members to assist with tasks. 
      2. The APS Specialist may identify appropriate individuals to work with the Involved Adult, with the consent of the Involved Adult. 

The service plan shall be signed by the Involved Adult. If the Involved Adult is unable or unwilling to sign due to apparent lack of capacity, the APS Specialist shall document reason in the PPS 10500.  If the Involved Adult has a guardian, the guardian must consent and sign the service plan on behalf of the incapacitated Involved Adult.

Adult Protective Service Plan (PPS 10500) shall be completed in the Documentation section of KIPS. The signed service plan shall be scanned and attached in KIPS.

The Service Plan shall be written for no more than 180 calendar days and reviewed with the supervisor every sixty (60) days or sooner if there is a change in the Involved Adult’s situation, to determine if continued services are needed.

Documentation of the review shall be in the KIPS record note section. The decision to continue provision of services shall comply with the consent provision of K.S.A. 39-1440.

 

  1. Assist in coordination of service delivery with other DCF staff and/or community agencies including Area Agencies on Aging, Independent Living Centers, Kansas Guardianship program etc.

When a referral is made for Guardian/Conservator, the service case shall remain open while G/C is pursued. 

 

  1. Once the Involved Adult is no longer in need of protective services, the outcomes identified on the service plan are accomplished, or the Involved Adult withdraws consent for services the service plan shall be closed. Document the reason for closure in the KIPS record note section